diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
index 3fd74f0e89..8b69d57e81 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
@@ -1346,7 +1346,11 @@ private void bindForPortRange(ServerConnector listener, int startPort)
       try {
         bindListener(listener);
         return;
-      } catch (BindException ex) {
+      } catch (IOException ex) {
+        if (!(ex instanceof BindException)
+            && !(ex.getCause() instanceof BindException)) {
+          throw ex;
+        }
         // Ignore exception. Move to next port.
         ioException = ex;
       }